Internship Programs

The College of Environmental Design (CED) is defined by the motivation and drive of our diverse and talented students. CED undergraduate and graduate students are known for innovation, intelligence, commitment and the desire to make a difference through an environmental design practice. We are proud that our students are eager to enhance their education with pratical hands on experience in firms, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies. The alumni and friends of CED provide an invaluable resource to these students through their internship programs.

Partners

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AECOM

AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government.

The Alliance for Biking & Walking is North America's coalition of local and state bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations. We create, strengthen and unite advocacy leaders who are transforming their communities into great places to bike and walk.

Alta Planning & Design

Alta's mission is to create active communities where bicycling and walking are safe, healthy, and fun.

Led by Irit Axelrod, the firm creates residential, institutional, and commercial buildings and spaces that exhibit attentiveness to detail, honest expression of materials, and clean, simple forms. Far from being concerned only with building aesthetics, the firm examines the deeper functional requirements of a building to create a structure that serves its intended purpose successfully.

BAR Architects is a firm with over 40 years of experience. Yet, in many ways, still possesses the zeal of an upstart, driven to stretch and push innovation on every project. Their studio environment combined with their large firm resources fosters collaboration and encourages creative thinking.

BAE is an award-winning urban economics and public-benefit real estate development consulting practice. Clients include public agencies, non-profit organizations, and private developers throughout the U.S. BAE is a certified green business, a women-owned business, and employee-owned.

The Bay Area Open Space Council plays a unique role in the region. Through collaboration we work closely with our member organizations and partners to ensure that the Bay Area's natural resources are protected for generations to enjoy.

The Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative is a unique undertaking by local health departments in the San Francisco Bay Area to confront health inequities. The regional collaboration includes public health directors, health officers, senior managers and staff from Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma counties, and the City of Berkeley.

Braddock & Logan Homes built our first foundation more than 60 years ago. Our fundamental goal remains the same: to build lasting value for our customers. Today we remain dedicated to that principle, offering you an unmatched combination of architectural excellence, superb locations and innovative planning.

Bull Stockwell Allen designs exceptional environments for life. We are lifestyle architects, planners and interior designers who collaborate with our clients and one another to arrive at design solutions that are at once innovative and enduring. As contemporary creators of place, we combine respect for the environment with a passion for capturing the embodiment of form and function.

The California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) accelerates the implementation of research results and the deployment of technical solutions by practitioners to enable a safer, cleaner, and more efficient surface transportation system.

California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH), a research and development program of the University of California, Berkeley, has been a leader in Intelligent Transportation Systems research since its founding in 1986. In collaboration with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), administered by the university’s Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS), PATH is a multi-disciplinary program with staff, faculty, and students from universities worldwide and cooperative projects with private industry, state and local agencies, and nonprofit institutions

With a skilled inter-disciplinary staff of architects, landscape architects, planners, and urban designers Calthorpe Associates provides an integrated set of services. The firm's expertise ranges from urban infill and redevelopment plans to new towns and regional growth strategies, from housing and retail development to commercial and civic design. This wide-ranging experience provides a unique capability that facilitates the development of plans that are grounded in what can be called practical innovation.

Catellus is a national leader in mixed-use development, solving some of America’s most complex land challenges. With nearly 30 years of experience as a master developer, Catellus has transformed former airports, military bases and urban industrial sites into thriving retail, residential and commercial communities.

Berkeley Law offers a superb education in both established and emerging fields of law. Our intellectual property program was the first of its kind, and remains dominant more than a decade later. We were legal pioneers of the green movement, creating the nation’s first environmental law program. Our international law experts are tackling such urgent issues as climate change, deep-ocean drilling, and privacy in an age of high-tech surveillance. And our multifaceted social justice program is a magnet for socially minded faculty and students from across the country.

Charles Salter & Associates (CSA) is a consulting firm located in San Francisco with a branch office in San Jose, California. We provide services in acoustics, audiovisual systems, telecommunications, and security. Our consultants have backgrounds in engineering, architecture, music, speech, and theater.

As a global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations, and program management, CH2M HILL has the human and technical resources, the international footprint, and the depth of know-how and experience to help clients achieve success in any corner of the world.

The Land Use Planning Divison is responsible for preparing long-range policy plans for the future development of Berkeley including the General Plan and area plans. It also manages regulation of proposed development projects under the Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance. The Division is staff to several Council-appointed commissions and boards, including the Planning Commission which advises the Council on planning policy; the Zoning Adjustments Board which reviews most proposed development projects; and the Landmarks Preservation Commission which identifies and protects the City’s historic and cultural heritage. It administers Zoning Regulations, reviews development projects, and reviews Land Use Permits. It also staffs various standing and temporary committees/task forces related to land use planning.

Community Voices Heard is a member organization of low-income people, predominantly women with experience on welfare, building power in New York City and State to improve the lives of our families and communities.

DBA Architects are skilled in navigating the personal, political, and commercial dynamics of bringing new architecture into diverse urban environments. Our work combines social concern with a signature design character, resulting in distinctive, high-quality buildings that foster a strong sense of community.

DD&A is qualified in all phases of project development and implementation, particularly the preparation of environmental documentation in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Using the latest planning techniques and scientific methods, DD&A’s planners and environmental specialists provide expert review of project development, detailed evaluation of environmental resources, and innovative identification of solutions for avoiding impacts.

The Design Partnership's core ideology, since the start of our practice in 1979, has been that good architecture goes beyond a beautifully designed façade. They pride ourselves in their ability to build lifelong relationships with our clients, to understand fully their aspirations, needs and goals, and to provide solutions that are innovative, cost effective and functional.

Dyett and Bhati are urban and regional planners offering professional services in general plans, EIR, urban design, transit oriented development, public participation and facilitation. Their work is place-based, responsive to context, physical and natural settings, and community needs. It is directed toward improving the quality of the living environment and promoting sustainable development patterns. Sustainability and green planning principles inform all aspects of their practice.

The architects at Dougherty + Dougherty create sustainable, energy and resource efficient community-focused facilities using the latest technology including Revit BIM. Each school, administrative office, recreational facility, childcare center, library, maintenance facility and public safety building is designed to enhance and beautify their neighborhoods, improve quality of life for their inhabitants, and embrace and elevate the human spirit.

Eisen|Letunic is a Bay Area-based transportation, environmental and urban planning firm founded in 2005 by Victoria Eisen and Niko Letunic. The mission of our firm is to help our clients improve the livability and health of their communities through sustainable transportation, smart growth and environmental protection.

ELS Architecture focus on the entire spectrum of public spaces – buildings, campuses, shopping and mixed-use streets, historic renovations and adaptive reuse, theatres, community and civic centers, sports and recreational facilities, open spaces and plazas. For over 45 years, ELS Architecture and Urban Design has designed extraordinary buildings and spaces that enhance the experience of urban life.

EMC Planning Group is a full-service land use and environmental planning firm and is recognized as the most established and leading provider of land use and environmental planning services on the central coast of California. The firm has also earned the reputation of being responsive, committed to customer satisfaction, and producing quality products.

As a leading environmental science and planning firm, Environmental Science Associates (ESA) minimizes impacts to the natural and built communities through innovation, sound science, and technical excellence.

Fehr & Peers specializes in providing transportation planning and engineering services to public and private sector clients. We emphasize the development of creative, cost-effective, and results-oriented solutions to planning and design problems associated with all modes of transportation.

Feldman Architecture is an award-winning residential design practice recognized for creating warm, light-filled spaces that are site-sensitive and carefully detailed. Highly collaborative in nature, the firm approaches design as a dialogue between client, design team and site. Each project is an opportunity to create an innovative solution that is relevant to the project environs and tailored to a clients' specific needs.

Field Paoli helps communities thrive socially, economically and environmentally. We design buildings and streets, we plan downtowns and neighborhoods, and each of our projects strengthens the public realm. Our work is comprised of downtown revitalization projects, libraries, community centers, and mixed-use developments for cities, agencies, local and national developers.

Gensler is a global design firm that partners with clients to make cities more livable, work smarter and leisure more engaging. Our 3,800 professionals networked across 44 locations believe quality design can transform organizations and improve people’s lives. Since 1965, we have helped clients achieve measurable business and organizational goals, delivering projects as large as a city and as small as a task light for an individual desk.

Wholly-owned by its people, GHD is dedicated to understanding and helping our clients achieve their goals. Our global network of engineers, architects, planners, scientists, project managers and drafters collaborate to improve the built, economic and social environment of the communities in which we operate.

Haas architecture's diverse range of work includes homes, arts & cultural venues, galleries, interiors, installations, furniture and fashion design and has appeared in numerous publications including The San Francisco Chronicle, Dwell and California Home & Design. Every project is carefully tailored to each client and focuses on the fundamentals of great craft, refined detailing, and green considerations, to ensure work that inspires the spirit and lifts the soul.

Hatch is a global multidisciplinary professional service firm delivering technical and strategic services, including consulting, engineering, economics, and strategic planning for infrastructure, planning, and development projects. Hatch has served clients for over six decades from our offices in more than 17 countries. Our growing Urban Solutions practice is a planning, masterplanning and economic development consultancy serving the private and public sectors.

Heller Manus has a long-established track record of maintaining high-quality design standards while obtaining approvals from governing agencies and neighborhood groups under difficult circumstances. By understanding the public nature of buildings in urban settings, their experience is seamlessly integrated into the design process. This approach consistently produces buildings with a strong, popular appeal.

At Huntsman, we emphasize timeless and enduring design principles paired with dedicated service. This simple but effective focus allows us to deliver uniquely appropriate solutions to meet each of our client's aesthetic and budgetary goals.

Levy Design Partner's award-winning environments are safe, secure, and appropriate in scale and we understand that design should be timeless and durable to create a legacy for our community. We create inclusive, participatory collaboration where designers, consultants, users, and clients interact in achieving a successful design solution.

MH/A begins each project with the understanding that the questions which should be asked are more important than knowing the presumed final answers. The solutions will come at the end of a true design process, but only if the correct questions are developed at the start.

Mark Cavagnero Associates is a San Francisco based architecture firm focused on cultural, education, and civic projects. Since its establish-ment in 1988, the firm has completed a wide range of architectural and master planning projects, including large and small scale institutional, non-profit, commercial, and residential projects. The firm provides a full range of services, from programming, master planning, site planning and conceptual design, through construction documents and administration.

M-Group exists to bring innovative and effective planning solutions to Bay Area cities. Since the creation of the firm in 2006, we have brought high-caliber planning and entitlement services to many Bay Area communities.M-Group’s staff brings together a range of accomplishments and a wealth of real-world experience gained from working for over 30 Bay Area cities.We are committed to creating a new design on urban planning. This new approach to urban planning takes many forms in our relationships with our clients and within the firm. It is an important part of what makes us unique and allows us to grow both as individuals and as a firm.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the transportation planning, coordinating and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. Over the years, the agency's scope has grown, and it is now three agencies in one, functioning as MTC as well as the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) and the Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (SAFE).

Since it was founded in 1982, MIG has focused on planning, designing and sustaining environments that support human development. We embrace inclusivity and encourage community and stakeholder interaction in all of our projects. For each endeavor — in planning, design, management, communications or technology — our approach is strategic, context-driven and holistic, addressing social, political, economic and physical factors to ensure our clients achieve the results they want.

Nelson\Nygaard was founded in 1987 as a partnership by two former San Francisco Municipal Railway managers, Bonnie Nelson and Diane Nygaard. Together, they believed it was possible to create a transportation planning firm that fosters a fun, egalitarian and creative work environment, and that provides high quality, principled work for its clients. Starting in Diane’s basement, their company has grown to over 90 planners and engineers, with offices across the United States and a work base that covers five continents.

Founded in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, Neri&Hu Design and Research Officeis an inter-disciplinary architectural design practice based in Shanghai, China. Neri&Hu works internationally providing architecture, interior, master planning, graphic, and product design services. Currently working on projects in many countries, Neri&Hu is composed of multi-cultural staff who speak over 30 different languages. The diversity of the team reinforces a core vision for the practice: to respond to a global worldview incorporating overlapping design disciplines for a new paradigm in architecture.

DOT's mission is to provide for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods in the City of New York and to maintain and enhance the transportation infrastructure crucial to the economic vitality and quality of life of our primary customers, City residents. Our agency's work is guided by Sustainable Streets, the Strategic Plan for the New York City Department of Transportation.

The mission of the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities is to create strong, sustainable communities by connecting housing to jobs, fostering local innovation, and helping to build a clean energy economy.

With roots extending back to 1898, Page provides architecture, engineering, planning, interiors, and consulting services throughout the United States and around the world. The firm’s diverse portfolio encompasses Academic, Civic/Government, Corporate/Commercial, Healthcare, Housing/Hospitality and Science/Technology sectors. Page has over 450 employees across offices in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Houston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. We are guided by the three core values of creativity, collaboration, and commitment, and through the force of these ideals, we live up to our promise of design that makes lives better.

Page & Turnbull is an architectural design, planning, and preservation firm that brings together architects, conservators, architectural historians, and planners in service of our country’s cultural resources. Our mission is ‘to imagine change in historic environments’ because they value historic buildings and places, imbues them with new life.

Paulett Taggart Architecture design buildings that are both rational and enduring—buildings that are a logical outcome of the specific needs of their clients and the unique quality of their locale. They strive to create buildings that feel as though they were meant to be there.

Pfau Long Architecture is a group of designers continuously seeking new and experimental technological means in their use of building materials, assembly methodology and aesthetic considerations. The firm also seeks to advance the integration of technology, exhibits, graphics and other design disciplines in their approach to create interactive environments that are responsive to people. The project work itself ranges significantly in scale, type and content; it includes exposition, exhibition, educational, residential, multi-unit housing, multi-media buildings, and commercial projects.

Philip Banta and Associates Architecture's expertise is with commercial, institutional and residential commissions that are looking for evolutionary steps forward in their own identities. The common agenda is well defined budgets, tight timelines, and complex programs. Our successful history in energy-efficient design has taught us how to transform the necessities of program into an art of invention. To each project we apply an economy of means for integrating culture, climate and context into a single, balanced ecology.

The City of Richmond's Planning and Building Services is responsible for developing, maintaining, and implementing the General Plan and reviewing development projects for consistency and compliance with the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and applicable building codes.

PMC was established in 1995 with a mission to provide planning, environmental, and municipal services to public agencies, special districts, and public-oriented organizations. Our goal is to conduct our services in an efficient and timely manner, and to provide complete and accurate products that are responsive to our clients’ needs. PMC’s expertise is in various technical disciplines that support decisions related to community planning, facilities management, resource management, environmental review, sustainability, climate change, development priorities, finance, urban planning, and more.

PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works®. Founded in 1999, PolicyLink connects the work of people on the ground to the creation of sustainable communities of opportunity that allow everyone to participate and prosper. Such communities offer access to quality jobs, affordable housing, good schools, transportation, and the benefits of healthy food and physical activity.

The Port Authority of NY & NJ builds, operates, and maintains critical transportation and trade assets. Its network of aviation, rail, surface transportation and seaport facilities annually moves millions of people and transports vital cargo throughout the New York/New Jersey region. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, home to the iconic One World Trade Center.

Powell & Partners, Architects has been in business since 1992 and is a full service international architectural practice with an office in Oakland, and with work experience in California and Germany. Powell and Partners Architects seek to provide thoughtful, responsive, and responsible architectural design services to improve the built environment and facilitate the activities of our clients and users. We are particularly qualified at putting our skills and talent to work in producing essential and maintenance facilities, transportation facilities, commercial / office interiors, residential, educational, community and religious facilities that support and stimulate the production and growth of a community as well as produce an environment that promotes creativity, and is an exciting place to experience.

Public Architecture puts the resources of architecture in the service of the public interest. We identify and solve practical problems of human interaction in the built environment and act as a catalyst for public discourse through education, advocacy, and the design of public spaces and amenities.

Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. We are dedicated to informing and improving public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research.

Raimi + Associates is a Berkeley, CA based urban planning firm founded in 2006 to pursue projects with an explicit focus on community health, sustainable neighborhoods, and social equity. We call our approach to planning “The Nature of Community.” Our goal is to balance the needs of the natural environment with the needs of residents and businesses, and develop long-range plans and policy documents that advance environmental, economic and social sustainability.

The company is made up of a team of highly qualified experts in transportation, water resources, federal projects, energy, sustainable design, surface water management, environmental planning, regulatory compliance, LEED, land development, structures, construction management, survey, urban design and over 350 related services.

Reconnecting America advises civic and community leaders on how to overcome community development challenges to create better communities for all. Reconnecting America develops research and innovative public policy, while also building on-the-ground partnerships and convening players needed to accelerate decision-making.

RMW’s practice is made up of experts in architecture, interior design, programming, and planning, all working side-by-side. Many individuals in the firm choose to practice within multiple disciplines. This cross-pollination enriches and speeds up the process of synthesis, giving RMW true flexibility in finding the best solution.

Sherwood Design Engineers is a 21st century Civil and Environmental Engineering firm centered in San Francisco and New York. The firm was established in order to provide a new generation of infrastructure services focused on both planning and implementation. Regulatory and economic viability form a foundation for our designs that are forged in a collaborative platform critically informed by user interface.

The Planning Unit of BCDC is responsible for conducting major planning studies, specialized research and policy development, and developing amendments to the San Francisco Bay Plan. Planning unit staff work collaboratively with other agencies and organizations on issues of regional importance.

Created in 1989, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority is responsible for long-range transportation planning for the city, and it analyzes, designs and funds improvements for San Francisco's roadway and public transportation networks. The Transportation Authority administers and oversees the delivery of the Prop K half-cent local transportation sales tax program. It also serves as the designated Congestion Management Agency (CMA) for San Francisco under state law, and acts as the San Francisco Program Manager for grants from the Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA).

The SFDPW designs, builds, operates, maintains, cleans, greens, and improves the city's infrastructure, public rights-of-way, and facilities with skill, pride, and responsiveness, in partnership with the San Francisco community. We are guided by the department’s Strategic Plan, which is a three-year road map to direct the agency in achieving its vision and mission and a living document that informs policy, budget, and daily program decisions and provides all levels of the Department with guidance on how each of our actions support our department’s mission.

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development's (OEWD) mission is simple – we support the ongoing economic vitality of San Francisco. Under the direction of Mayor Edwin M. Lee, OEWD provides city-wide leadership for workforce development, business attraction and retention, neighborhood commercial revitalization, international business and development planning.

The Port Commission is responsible for the seven and one-half miles of San Francisco Waterfront adjacent to San Francisco Bay, which the Port develops, markets, leases, administers, manages, and maintains. Its jurisdiction stretches along the waterfront from Hyde Street Pier on the north to India Basin on the south. The Port’s operating portfolio is composed of over 550 ground, commercial, retail, office, industrial and maritime industrial leases, including many internationally recognized landmarks such as Fisherman’s Wharf, PIER 39, the Ferry Building, and AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team.

The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department’s Mission is to provide enriching recreational activities, maintain beautiful parks and preserve the environment for the well-being of our diverse community.

SGPA Architecture and Planning are specialists in educational facilities, senior living, mixed-use, retail and commercial developments throughout the western United States. SGPA provides quality professional services to our clients through excellence in the design, management and implementation of projects. Our offices in San Diego and San Francisco have a total staff of 50 people, including 20 registered architects.

Through research, education and advocacy, SPUR promotes good planning and good government in the San Francisco Bay Area. A member-supported nonprofit organization, we play the crucial role of uniting citizens to jointly craft solutions to the biggest problems our cities face.

At STUDIOS, we work with our clients to create built environments that express the essence of their organizations. For each project, we seek to choreograph the human experience in a way that is simultaneously pragmatic and inspiring. STUDIOS is as much process-driven as results-oriented: we understand that the best design comes not from a predetermined aesthetic, but reveals itself through a process of discovery.

The Community Development Department is organized into two divisions: Planning and the Housing Authority. The Planning division oversees current and advanced planning, grant preparation and management, environmental review, mitigation monitoring, and participation in regional planning activities. The Housing Authoiry oversees Housing Choice Vouchers, Section 8 Incoming, Housing Trust, Almond Gardens, staff for Bay Homes, prepares and administers grants, and provides assistance to RDA in administering the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and the First-Time Homebuyer Program.

SWA is a world leader in landscape architecture, planning and urban design. Professionally focused and employee-owned, our foremost passion is to create exceptional places for our clients. lWe work with large, multi-functional sites and small, intimate spaces. We're one of the few firms capable of creating high-profile projects at a large scale.

The Tata group comprises over 100 operating companies in seven business sectors: communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals. The group has operations in more than 100 countries across six continents, and its companies export products and services to 150 countries.

Established in 1997, TEF is an architecture and interior design practice of 25. Our work is distinguished by the convergence of “big firm” experience delivered through the culture and care of a small design practice.

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering, construction, and information technology. Our strength is in collectively providing integrated services—delivering the best solutions to meet our clients' needs.

Tweedy Mile is the Main Street commercial area of the City of South Gate. The district’s boundaries are Hunt Street, on the East Side, and State Street on the West side. Comprised of over 300, mostly family-owned small business, the Tweedy Mile Association (TMA) is a 501 c(3) non-profit organization that provides its members with marketing and promotional support, and to the overall community, with district revitalization planning, advocacy, and organizing.

Urban Ecology was founded in 1975 by visionary architects and activists who believed that cities should serve both people and nature. From the beginning, Urban Ecology has used urban planning, ecology, and public participation to help design and build healthier cities.

URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; information technology; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for federal, oil and gas, infrastructure, power, and industrial projects and programs.

Strategically positioned within the City of San Jose Office of Economic Development, work2future addresses the workforce and economic development needs of our local area, in collaboration with small and large businesses, educational institutions and community-based organizations.

WRT is a national collaborative practice of city and regional planners, urban designers, landscape architects, and architects headquartered in Philadelphia. Established in 1963, the firm’s origins are rooted in the principles of sustainability, dedicated to improving the quality of the natural and built environments in the planning and design of buildings, landscapes, cities, and regions.